M3.0 earthquake 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-13 03:14:21 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.665° N, 97.393° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 36
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
36 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 11
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 33
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 72
- 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.110 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
- 2.58 km S of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.53 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.38 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3883 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.57 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 3.111 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3882 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.74 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3881 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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